Governments Agree To Boost EU’s Second-Highest Court

European Union governments have backed a proposal to gradually add 28 new judges to the bloc’s second-highest court by 2019 in an attempt to avoid costly delays in judgments.

The proposal lays out a progressive increase that will eventually double the number of judges at the General Court to 56. Twelve new judges will be appointed this year, a further seven would be added in 2016 and the remaining nine would be put forward in 2019.